Find my iPhone

Find my iPhone, sometimes also called Find my iPod, Find my iPad, or Find my Mac when referring to the same app running on those devices, is both a free service and app offered by Apple. The service is available on all Apple devices as part of iCloud. When you setup a new Apple device, it'll be offered to you and, if you accept, Apple will start to track your device. That means, if your iPhone, iPod touch, iPad, or Mac is ever lost or stolen, Find my iPhone can help you get it back.

To do that, however, you need to download and install the free Find my iPhone app on iOS, or go to iCloud.com on a web browser on the Mac or any PC. Once a device is located, you can remotely message is, have it make a sound, lock it, or wipe it entirely. With Activation Lock, Find my iPhone can even prevent a this from disabling the service. If you have an Apple product, you should be using it.

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Find my iPhone, sometimes also called Find my iPad or Find my Mac when referring to the same app running on those devices, is a free service offered by Apple as part of iCloud. With it, you can track your iPhone, iPad, or Mac if it ever gets lost or stolen, lock it to make sure no one else can...

Find My iPhone and iCloud work together so you can keep track of all your iPhones, iPads, and Macs, all in one place. If you're upgrading to a new device, trading in your existing one, or even selling it, however you'll want to make sure you completely remove it from Find my iPhone before letting...

Apple appears to have ended their use of Google Maps in Find My iPhone on the iCloud website, switching over to Apple Maps product. The change was rolled out briefly to iCloud.com beta users earlier this year, but has now found its way to the public site.
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Find My iPhone lets you remotely track your lost, stolen, or misplaced Apple device — be it an iPhone, iPad, iPod touch or Mac — from virtually anywhere, as long as the device in question has some kind of internet connection. Not only can Find My iPhone help you locate a stolen or lost device, it...

The new Family Sharing feature in iOS 8 not only lets you share iTunes and App Store purchases but also makes it easier for you to track all the devices in your family with the help of Find My iPhone. So next time mom can't find her iPad or dad leaves his iPhone at Starbucks, anyone in your...

Today iOS 8 launches, and along with it, a whoooooole bunch of apps are being updated to support the new software. It's a veritable avalanche of updates, but we're going to dig up the very best ones for you. Give us a shout in the comments if you find any more!
iOS 8 app updates
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Every once in a while I have a reader ask me what they should do with a lost or stolen iPhone they've somehow come across. In most cases their biggest concern is finding the original owner, as it should be. Unfortunately that task sometimes proves to be a little tougher than some people imagine,...

Find my iPhone is a great tool for keeping track of, and recovering, a lot or stolen iPhone or iPad. However, if you need to restore your iPhone or iPad in iTunes, or you want to give it away or sell it to someone else, you'll need to disable Find my iPhone first. Luckily, it's easy to do....

iPhones, iPod touches, iPads everywhere — everyone in the family has devices and uses them for everything. One of iOS 8's key improvements is more convenient family sharing. This is what it is and how it works.
Easier media sharing and better parental control
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Yesterday, we reported that several iPhone and iPad users in Australia were locked out of their devices. Apple issued a statement today clarifying that the iCloud service, which forms the backend for the Find my iPhone service, was unaffected, and that users impacted by the hack should change...